while they were growing
in your womb you fed them
love and stamina and wonders
lullabies from your soul
singing look
look out at the world
it’ll be yours to hold and behold
you swathed them in waves of lilac
the gentle baby version
of the cosmic new age ray
whispering from your heart
look
look out at the world
there’s moon and stars and sun
and sweet animals for friends
and look at the alphabet
it’s for messages and books
about the wonders of the world
words are bridges crossing oceans
and look
look at the kids
your generation
playmates and future lovers
and look
look at you
you too are wonders of the world
you talked to them incessantly
with words and mind and heart
trying to convey
a message of the world
as a precious gift for them
to have and to give
they entered this realm
wrapped in their soul’s expectations
a vision of life like aurora
seen from space
they were born with starry eyes
now they’re teens becoming adults
and they’ve still got starry eyes
you’ve been fearing the disappearance
of this gentle passion of theirs
but it keeps on shining
though they take some hits from life
they are thriving
but sometimes at night
you wake to support their light
in the lilac waves of your inner sari
so you wrap them up again
in the cosmic baby ray
to keep their appetite for life
protecting
their starry eyes
Vera Kelgart (with Herkimer diamond ‘Heart’) 2023
